Taking pills? Avoid the juice A leading Canadian researcher is warning people about taking their daily dose of prescription pills with orange or apple juice - nearly 20 years after his earlier caution about grapefruit juice. 8/19/2008 2:35:33 PM

Mexican peppers posed problem long before salmonella outbreak Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that made 1,400 people ill was finally traced to Mexican chilies. 8/19/2008 2:03:04 PM

Thousands sign petition to save seniors home Protesters delivered a 12,000-signature petition to the provincial government on Monday, the latest salvo in their battle to keep a Vancouver Island seniors residence in operation. 8/18/2008 6:08:29 PM

Clement questions ethics of doctors The association representing Canada's doctors rapped Health Minister Tony Clement on Monday after he questioned the ethics of physicians who support the use of supervised injection sites for drug addicts. 8/18/2008 5:31:31 PM

'Stillborn baby' comes back to life in hospital fridge A stillborn Israeli baby who was pronounced dead by doctors "came back to life" yesterday after spending hours in a hospital refrigerator. "We unwrapped her and felt she was moving. We didn't believe it at first." 8/18/2008 5:15:43 PM

Views of mental illness form of 'discrimination' Nearly one in two Canadians believes mental illness isn't always "real" but a cop-out for bad behaviour and personal weakness, a new national survey shows. 8/18/2008 9:47:53 AM

Exit row passengers have a duty to perform in crisis If you're sitting in an exit row on your next air flight, you might want to think twice about not paying attention to the safety announcements before takeoff. 8/18/2008 9:02:27 AM

Surprising superfoods offer 'bang for your buck' It's usually pretty obvious if a food item is healthy. An apple or a sprig of iceberg lettuce: healthy. A double bacon cheeseburger: not so much. What isn't so obvious, however, is if a food is exceptionally healthy. 8/17/2008 6:23:38 PM

Canadians warned about Maple Leaf sliced meats The Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Maple Leaf Consumer Foods are warning the public not to eat certain lots of Sure Slice brand Roast Beef and Corned Beef because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. 8/17/2008 9:49:18 AM

Being fat and fit possible, study suggests It may be possible to be both fat and healthy, researchers reported on Monday, for at least half of overweight adults, and close to a third of obese men and women, have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and other measures of heart health. 8/16/2008 11:50:24 PM

Phoney nurse in Winnipeg fined $3,000 A man who tricked his way into a Winnipeg hospital and spent two years posing as a nurse has been hit with a $3,000 fine. Edwin Canseco, 37, pleaded guilty this week to violating Manitoba's Registered Nurses Act. 8/16/2008 11:43:01 PM

Couch potato's guide to performance-enhancing drugs The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) prepares The Prohibited List, the document that outlines which substances Olympic-bound athletes should not have in their systems. The first List (as it's known) was published in 1963, and it is updated every year. 8/16/2008 8:28:31 AM

Egyptian woman gives birth to septuplets A 27-year-old Egyptian woman gave birth to septuplets early Saturday in the coastal city of Alexandria, family members and the hospital director said. The newborns, four boys and three girls, weigh between 3.2 pounds and 6.17 pounds. 8/16/2008 8:19:21 AM

First US drug for Huntington's disease wins approval U.S. regulators on Friday cleared the first treatment approved in the United States for Huntington's, a rare inherited disease that causes uncontrolled movements, deterioration of mental abilities and, ultimately, death. 8/16/2008 6:38:04 AM

Girls 'suffer asthma longer' Boys are more likely than girls to grow out of childhood asthma when they hit their teenage years. Scientists say their study of over 1,000 children points to an undiscovered mechanism behind the development of the condition. 8/16/2008 5:36:44 AM

Argentina investigates deaths of 14 vaccinated kids Argentine authorities are exploring a possible link between the deaths of 14 children and an experimental vaccine they were taking in a clinical trial run by GlaxoSmithKline. 8/15/2008 7:51:18 AM

Antibiotic reactions send thousands of Americans to ERs Allergic and other reactions to antibiotics cause an estimated 142,000 trips to emergency rooms a year in the U.S., according to a government study. About 80 per cent of the adverse events were allergic reactions. 8/15/2008 6:08:35 AM

Teens lack judgment when driving, trauma study finds Teens may underestimate their risk of dying in a car collision because they not only see themselves as invincible but also make faulty assumptions, Canadian researchers say. 8/15/2008 6:07:24 AM

No PRH mammograms until November A 57-year-old woman found a lump in her breast early this month, and learned she could not have a diagnostic mammogram in Penticton until November. The mammography clinic at Penticton Regional Hospital, closed for August and September, is being renovated. 8/15/2008 5:34:26 AM

Precise radiation can target cancer after spread Precisely targeted radiation therapy can eradicate tumors that have spread to other parts of the body, offering more months or years of life to patients who have no other options, U.S. researchers report. 8/14/2008 4:11:35 PM